Comments on: Schenectady School Board: “Bring it on”http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/schenectady-school-board-bring-it-on/305/
Education news from the Capital Region and beyondMon, 24 Jul 2017 22:33:58 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5By: Karenhttp://blog.timesunion.com/schools/schenectady-school-board-bring-it-on/305/#comment-811
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:16:29 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-811I think people forget where positive behavior starts and that is in the home.Respect and Diginity are to principles that are not being taught in the home anymore. So when you put over 3,000 kids in one place (Which I think was the biggest mistake of all times)The children act no differently than they do at home.Parents need to stop and take a look at what they are instilling in their children at home and stop expecting the schools to raise their children and solve problems that have been long standing. School any school is what you and your child makes of it. I have two children in Schenectady High and are both honor students.What I think is wrong is for those students who don’t want to be their are robbing the time away from those who want to make something of their life Why force them to stay?The no child left behind actis one of the biggest problem especially when you have children who are 17 and still in 9th grade.Also Schenectady High has alot of positives and it is sad that all our media can focus on is the negatives.
All parents need to do thier part as well to resolve problems with in our schools by getting involved.The School Board needs to listen to parents not just yelling and screaming at the problems but to also the solutions that they offer.
]]>By: art vandalayhttp://blog.timesunion.com/schools/schenectady-school-board-bring-it-on/305/#comment-600
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:04:32 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-600If Linda Bellick had the kids best interest in mind she would not have accepted her re-appointment. All about the patronage. That she finished dead last in the election says it all. Party before principles?
SHS safe? Get real. The only persistently dangerous school in Upstate NY other than Canaan. Board monitor the problem? They caused the problem by looking the other way for years. On Raucci, on discipline, on gang violence, on bullying. Right Laquenda so let’s throw Howe grade schoolers into this mess?
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:35:37 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-598Bring on the board to monitor the SHS dangerous problem. They should be required to put time in there to see what goes on.
ALSO the Mont Pleasant , Oneida and Central Park. I taught in this district- threatened all the time and principals look the other way.
I feel sorry for the little kids coming to Central Park, what they will see~~ windows smashed in, teens screaming in the halls, monitors ” friendly” with young girls this is chaos not education.
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:47:15 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-597Sad when an “appointed” school board member has to be the spokesperson for the group. Just another sad, pathetic day in the life of the Schenectady City School District. Until the citizens of the city decide to throw the bums out, things will not change.

“Persistently Dangerous” also applies to the school board and administration of the school district, not just the students.

Problem is, there is no one, even the mayor, who wants to take responsibility for shutting this corrupt group.

]]>By: Bill N.http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/schenectady-school-board-bring-it-on/305/#comment-596
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:34:36 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-596I’m not about to stand up for the school board in the Raucci case. However, I do know Linda and know that she does have the kids’ best interests in mind. I also think that she should not have been appointed back to the school board because it looks horrible, and is another example of the arrogance of the board’s leadership. I do have to stand up for the high school though. The “persistently dangerous” label is a crock. Most other urban schools don’t even report, so they don’t get listed.

Schenectady HS is perfectly safe for anybody who isn’t looking for trouble. I have one daughter who just graduated and another who’s going into her junior year, and both have always felt entirely safe at the high school. Oh…and both are doing great.

]]>By: art vandalayhttp://blog.timesunion.com/schools/schenectady-school-board-bring-it-on/305/#comment-594
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:04:14 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/schools/?p=305#comment-594The DA should immediately accept Ms. Bellick’s waiver and proceed with lie detectors for the entire School Board and top Schenectady Schools administration. We again see Schenectady High School as one of the State’s most “persistently dangerous” schools. Keep up the “work”!
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